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GFAR PhD students present at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists
GFAR researcher Rio Maligalig and PhD Student Phassara Khamthara participated in the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) held in Vancouver, Canada from 28th July to 2nd August 2018. ICAE is the flagship conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) and is held every three years. The theme of this year’s conference […]
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Promoting Co-investment in environmental stewardship
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), shared his work in a session on “Sustainable production landscapes and seascapes for biodiversity, human livelihoods and well-being” during the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP 2018) in Yokohama, Japan. In the […]
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Case for Transformational Change
GFAR researcher Prof. Mike Young is a Research Chair in Environmental and Water Policy at the University of Adelaide. As a result of an Australian Government endowment, each year Harvard University appoints one person to the Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University . In recognition of his contribution to […]
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Stakeholder engagement to accelerate Happy Seeder adoption
The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) led project on accelerated adoption of Happy Seeder in Indian Gangetic Plains funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has entered its final activity stage. Dr. Adam Loch and Dr. Jay Cummins recently visited Bangladesh and India to conduct three stakeholder engagement workshops at Rangpur […]
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Happy Seeder – a catalyst to reduce environmental degradation
Today is World Environment Day. Preventing environmental degradation is critical to sustain agricultural production systems, curtail pollution and improving human health. In the past few blog posts, we have mentioned the issue of stubble burning in North West India and the harmful impact on the environment, which in turn affects soil and human health. A […]
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Smallholder-inclusive business models in agriculture: What are they and their succces factors?
People seldom associate the term ‘business models’ with ‘smallholders’. However, ’smallholder-inclusive business models’ are in demand. With majority of agriculture sectors in developing countries are run by smallholders, a variety of strategies to better link them to markets could mean two big things: agricultural development and poverty reduction. Both would positively impact on food security. […]
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Feeding the 9 billion, well: An urgent need for post-2015 agenda and improved partnerships
The title is my conclusion from attending the 2014 Crawford Fund’s annual conference on food security, held between 26-28 August 2014 in Parliament House, Canberra. The conference was just excellent presenting prominent speakers who showed not only extensive knowledge about food security and its related challenges but also showed their care about this topic. It […]
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ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges and opportunities facing food and agriculture sector in South-East Asia
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries will enter 2015 with the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community. The region represented by the association is home to over 600 million people with a large share of them belong to middle class income groups. Some ASEAN members have expressed their concerns about being unprepared […]
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Changes in the global food system and how they may affect you
Director of Global Food Studies, Associate Professor Wendy Umberger delivered her speech “Food for thought: Changes in the global food sytem and how they may affect you” at the inagaural Research 21 Public Lecture Series organised by the Faculty of Professions, University of Adelaide on Thursday evening 29 May 2014. The forum was well-attended by […]
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MGFAB students mastering food and agriculture issues
We have just passed Week 6 of Semester 1! Time flies so fast. Whilst most students are enjoying their two week mid semester break, our final year Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business (MGFAB) students are working hard conducting their 12 unit research project. The GFS has been so lucky to receiving outstanding students […]
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